Scottie Scheffler is near the top of the leaderboard, although not at the top yet. But an analyst and colleague of Amanda Balionis talks about how he is acting on the course and labeled his attitude as "Poor."

During Golf on CBS's coverage of the 2026 Masters Tournament, analyst Matt Every called out the world No. 1, but it was not for his ball-striking, but for his 'poor' on-course attitude.

Scottie Scheffler had actually hit it well around Augusta National Golf Club in round one. Three or four lip-outs from inside eight to ten feet kept the scorecard from reflecting it.

Matt Every watched all of it, but he wasn't impressed by the reaction. "I think the attitude's been poor this year from Scottie," Matt Every said on Golf on CBS.

"When things go south, or maybe he gets a bad break or a lip out. He kind of looks over at Ted, and there's just not a ton of accountability there all the time."

Every backed it up with specifics. The second hole, a birdie opportunity he described as a freebie, went begging. The third, an eight-footer up the hill, didn't come close. Matt Every said those are the moments where you want to see a response from the best player in the world.

He was clear that the leaderboard wasn't the issue, but Every's criticism went beyond one round and pointed to a pattern he's been watching all year.

What Scheffler's Round One Scorecard Actually Showed at Augusta

Scheffler finished Thursday's opening round at two-under 70, sitting tied sixth alongside Xander Schauffele, Justin Rose, and Shane Lowry, three shots off the lead held by Sam Burns and reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy.

He acknowledged the near-misses himself. "I probably got some really good looks today, and something that looked like they could have gone in that didn't," Scheffler said. "But overall, definitely pretty proud of the effort today."

Scheffler returned from a three-week break after the birth of his second son, Remy, and he told reporters he stayed sharp at home, playing regularly with Jordan Spieth.

"I feel like I give my buddy so many strokes at home that that's always some high competition," he said. "I feel like I'm in a good spot."

The two-time Masters champion winning in 2022 and 2024, heads into Friday's second round at even par after going two-over through 17 holes on Friday.

Is Matt Every's criticism of the world's best player fair, or is it just part of the pressure at Augusta?

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Written by

Sneha Abraham

Edited by

Pulkit Prabhav